SoS - Rice
No. Condi went native when she was there before. Foggy Bottom needs a complete housecleaning: John Bolton's the guy to do it.
DoEnergy - Palin
Agree, that is if we don't get rid of DoEnergy completely, which Sarah would likely advocate.
DoDefense - West
Maybe, but the good colonel is in a great position as 1 of the 2 black GOP House members. Politically speaking, McCain might be a good SecDef choice: it would give Gov. Brewer a chance to appoint a solid conservative to serve out the rest of the RINO-in-chief's term.
VP - Perry
Agree ... just to see a Plugs/Perry debate ... or maybe not ... :^)
Would rather see Perry as Secretary of State. Better than him trying to herd cats in the Senate.
Somebody needs to check: I believe current rules (which were not in effect when some former secretaries of defense were appointed) require that the Secretary of Defense cannot have been on active duty within the last ten years.
I'm going by memory here; I'm sure someone can verify this quickly.
If true, that would rule out West and virtually all other candidates with military service during the current War on Terror.